How long does it take to read Novels (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish)?
Novels (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish) by Douglas Adams takes about 10 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 49 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1979. 590 pages, about 162,250 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The history of the Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is now so complicated that every time I tell it I contradict myself… The publication of this omnibus edition seemed like a good opportunity to set the record straight — or at least firmly cooked.” Reissued to coincide with Mostly Harmless, includes A Guide to the Guide and notes on How to Leave the Planet.
Subjects: comic science fiction, Vogons, Humorous fiction, Imaginary voyages, wit and humour, Science Fiction
More by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.0 h 
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 4.1 h 
Life, the Universe and Everything 3.9 h 
Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Mostly Harmless / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe) 15.0 h 
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency 5.1 h 
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 3.7 h 
